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| Messenger photos by Andrea Cordle |
| It’s how things were done in the good old days. Old Time Harvest Day in Grove City gave today’s youth a look into the past. The annual event was held Oct. 5 at Century Village and was sponsored by the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society and the city of Grove City. Above, 7-year-old Dillon Cordial of Highland Park Elementary, grinds corn kernels for chicken feed. |
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Here, 5-year-old Jessica Alexander from Monterey Elementary, saws some wood the old fashioned way.
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| Augusta Reisling, 13, of Grove City volunteers at the event. Here, she washes socks the way it was done before the invention of the washing machine. Reisling is a Jackson Middle School student. |
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| Here, 3-year-old Julia Robinson washes clothes on a washboard. Robinson and her family drove up from Chillicothe for the event. |
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| Elizabeth Coburn, spins alpaca fiber into yarn. Alpaca wool and sheep’s wool were used for clothing. Coburn was volunteering at the event and hails from West Columbus. |
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| Katie Clouser of Grove City sits next to Angel the goat. Goat’s milk was popular in the old days. Clouser was volunteering for the event with her 4-H group. |
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| A horse carriage was a popular attraction at the Old Time Harvest Day. |
